Dear Dad,
Received your swell letter today. I’m so happy you liked the pictures. I hope you would.
You asked me how much they pay us-well, lately, we haven’t been paid since we left Santa Ana. The upperclassman told us not to expect any for a long while. I have plans to send some to you each pay day from now on.
We are on the go most of the time now-even schools classes at night. The California sunshine is beginning to fade out-we are due for some rain soon. All planes were grounded today for that reason.The ceiling was so low it was impossible to fly above 500 feet. I have nearly 5 hours now but, still know very little about flying-I tried a landing yesterday and scared my poor instructor to death. I’ll bet we bounced about 50 feet.
I’m happy to hear that mother is resting up north. I hope she feels better up there. Those darn shots are no good. Say, you also asked about Eric and Pete. Well Eric was sent with his squadron to Arizona. His address is-
A/C Elven C. Erickson
Class 43C
Thunderbird field #2
Phoenix, Arizona
Pete is here at Rankin but, in a different company. Due to alphabetical order. I don’t have many chances to see Pete due to our schedule.
Nearly bedtime, dad, so I’ll cut my letter short. I’m trying hard to make the grade for all of you.
Love, Jim